Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 at
9:27 AM
Filed under Demand Response.
Q: A large customer with significantly peak demand has their facility operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that can reduce load during a peak demand event but they cannot completely shutdown. When preparing the DR audit report, should the auditor reflect the load reduction of a complete shutdown or is a partial shutdown?
A: A partial shutdown is perfectly acceptable. Utility companies have demand response programs that customers can participate in by simply shutting down for 2 hours during a demand response event usually between the hours of Noon to 6PM or Noon to 8PM depending on the program.